Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) by Kingglucose — 14 Dec 2013

I was really excited to see this movie as I loved the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I enjoyed an Unexpected journey. This movie was definitely a step down from every other movie in middle earth so far.

The cinematography was gorgeous and there were a lot of really great shots. However the movie really falters in the way that it was adapted. If you liked the book for it's humor, lovable characters and charm you will e sorely disappointed.

The lighthearted essence of a childrens book is gone in order to make it much darker. Also there is an incredible amount of filler, and to make time for the filler they cut or dramatically altered the actual content from the book.

My last complaint is about legolas, why was he in the movie at all? It ruins any tension involved in those scenes because you know hes going to make it, before seeing the movie I thought his involvement would be a short cameo at most, maybe something to do with Gollum.

No instead he is one of the central characters in the film. Overall I would say that this movie was disapointing as a LotR fan but a well shot movie with some good cgi and action sequences.